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Hail in Dighton · Jun 20, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 2.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dighton that day. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,454
Ground reports 3 1 hail · 2 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Jun 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Dighton has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

6.6 /10
Peak hail signal
69 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
68 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Dighton saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 20, 2026 · Dighton, KS

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated size field

The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.

Max size 2.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dighton, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Jun 20, 2026 sits in Dighton's hail record.

This was Dighton's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jun 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dighton at 2.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Jun 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dighton: the same system put hail over 298 other tracked cities, 121 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Healy (12 miles northwest, up to 2.25"); Utica (17 miles northeast, up to 2.25"); Beeler (19 miles east, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Dighton storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

3 reports filed with the NWS

These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.75"
Dighton Lane County

“(DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

2 reports
Wind gust 64 mph
4 SSE Dighton Lane County

“Report was received from a personal Davis Weatherlink station. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 75 mph
4 S Shields Lane County

“Wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph were reported. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Hail was reported over 28 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Shields — beyond Dighton itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.75" hail means for Dighton roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

2,454 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$29M

Potential roof exposure — 2,454 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
12 jobs
Illustrative work
~$180K

Close just 0.5% of the 2,454 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

June 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $515 on top of the $150 plan.

Dighton hail history

16 recorded storm days in Dighton, KS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Sep 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Sep 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Aug 15, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Aug 13, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Aug 5, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jul 9, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jul 3, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jul 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jul 1, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 25, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 24, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 24, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 21, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 9, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 2.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Jun 1, 2026

2.75"
Signatures 2.75" Estimated 1.75"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Apr 26, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dighton, KS on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dighton / KS

Apr 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 15, 2026.